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. 2022 Mar 24;9:842641. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.842641

Table 1.

The identified 17 small molecules, their optimal doses, mechanisms of action, and ACE2 expression levels in each cell type.

Drug name (uM) Mechanism of action Cell type
A549 CORL23 H1299 NCIH596 SKLU1
Acetylcysteine (0.01) Mucolytic agent −2.29
CD-437 (0.1) Retinoid receptor agonist −1.74
NVP-BEZ235 (0.0316) mTOR inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor −1.47
Amifostine (0.3162) Reducing agent −1.47
Ingenol (0.01) PKC activator −1.45 No data
NVP-AUY922 (0.1) HSP inhibitor −1.41
Tretinoin (0.3162) Retinoid receptor agonist, retinoid receptor ligand −1.40
Sulforaphane (0.001) Anticancer agent, aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonist −1.32
Bortezomib (0.0316) NFkB pathway inhibitor, proteasome inhibitor −0.54 0.13 0.13 −0.80 −0.96
Parbendazole (0.3162) Tubulin polymerization inhibitor −0.53 0.01 0.80 −0.80 −0.09
Idarubicin (0.1) Topoisomerase inhibitor −0.47 0.70 −1.44 0.00 0.46
Tanespimycin (0.3162) HSP inhibitor −0.23 0.00 0.09 0.39 0.07
SN-38 (0.3162) Topoisomerase inhibitor −0.19 −0.37 −0.55 −0.38 0.20
FK-866 (0.1) Niacinamide phosphoribosyltransferase inhibitor 0.06 −0.79 0.41 −0.50 0.10
Gemcitabine (0.1) Ribonucleotide reductase inhibitor 0.09 0.63 0.94 0.50 −1.28
YM-155 (0.3162) Survivin inhibitor 0.36 0.00 −0.82 −0.57 −0.17
PIK-75 (0.1) DNA protein kinase inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor 2.32 0.45 −1.04 0.54 −0.37

The small molecules are sorted based on the ACE2 expression levels in A549. The numbers in brackets beside drug names are their optimal dosages (μM). Gray area means no data in the preprocessed dataset.